Large Downtown Tulsa Movie Theater

[Jeff P]

I never go to theaters.  Too comfortable in my house and I can pause it any time to make dinner, pop another beer, etc.  No loud talkers other than my wife and no teens making asses of themselves or uncontrolled kids running around making asses of their parents.

The only thing to get me to a theater is this kind of development.

+1

I think the wife and I have been to the theater like once in the past 5-7 years... that was to see The Dark Knight at IMAX.  Before that, I can't even tell you the last movie I saw in the theater... it may have been one of the Star Wars prequels, LOL.

And the #1 thing that keeps us away are the things that have been talked about... blabby teenagers w/ their cellphones, screaming kids, etc.

And yes... I have a nice big screen TV at my house with a Blue-Ray player, nice sound, etc.  So it's just more comfortable there.  Basically I need a reason to go to a movie theater... not just a big screen and big sound.

What Blake is talking about is the exact thing that would get us to the theater again.

[DTowner]

Since Blake's theater concept essentially includes dinner/drink with a movie, I think the more glitzy approach is perfect.  $1 more for a ticket to enjoy a movie in a great space with good food and drink options would easily be my first choice over current theaters.

Blake's point about the seeming disjointed nature of our DT development is a good one.  A theater is probably one of those types of businesses than can leap frog south on Elgin and help jump start more development around it.  In time, all of our disparate areas from the BOK to Brady to Blue Dome to East End to Deco will become somewhat seamlessly conncected, but each with its own distinct identiy and appeal.  I think we will end up with a much better and uniquely Tulsa downtown than had we tried to shove everything into one predisignated area.  There will probably be some bumps  and moments of "why is that there" along the way, but worth it in the end.

[onehandoneheart]

The theater concept sounds awesome! Is this the coliseum site that Blake is talking about?

[brunoflipper]

Did i miss his workaround somewhere?
Drinks and a movie? Is Blake planning on changing Oklahoma's liquor laws?

[heironymouspasparagus]

Trying to say he prefers theaters that serve popcorn buckets with a hole in the bottom?

Breadburner?....is that you??

[heironymouspasparagus]

Did i miss his workaround somewhere?
Drinks and a movie? Is Blake planning on changing Oklahoma's liquor laws?

It would probably be easier to just make a donation to the correct campaign funds at ABLE and get the correct interpretation of the existing laws.

[carltonplace]

It would probably be easier Easly to just make a donation to the correct campaign funds at ABLE and get the correct interpretation of the existing laws.

FIFY

[Conan71]

FIFY

I like what you did there.  Very clever.

[Townsend]

FIFY

I believe Easly is gone and he's been replaced by someone else's pockets.  At least I was pretty sure I read that the other day.

[heironymouspasparagus]

I believe Easly is gone and he's been replaced by someone else's pockets.  At least I was pretty sure I read that the other day.

Don't see an Easly, but there is a Fallin on the commission.

[cannon_fodder]

To serve alcohol it has to be 21 and up and serve meals that are eaten with a fork... apperently.  Which explains the non stadium theater part.

[Conan71]

To serve alcohol it has to be 21 and up and serve meals that are eaten with a fork... apperently.  Which explains the non stadium theater part.

Giving drinkers a multi-pronged weapon?  Tsk Tsk.

[Breadburner]

Trying to say he prefers theaters that serve popcorn buckets with a hole in the bottom?

Your personal bucket will be useless to anyone else.....Tic-Tac whales mouth........

[Nik]

http://parislemon.com/post/14967290447/roger-ebert-on-why-movie-revenue-is-dropping

Ebert's article (included in the link above) is a good read, but it was Siegler's comments that got me thinking about Blake's theater in Tulsa.

[zstyles]

To serve alcohol it has to be 21 and up and serve meals that are eaten with a fork... apparently.  Which explains the non stadium theater part.

I would think this would be an ideal age group, 21+ have money, most of his customers would be young professionals, 25-30+ and serving a meal with the movie, as long as people remembered, just like in a restaurant TURN YOUR PHONES OFF!